Grace Walker
Newsroom InternGrace Walker is a reporter at WCMU and news editor at Central Michigan Life, a student-run newspaper at Central Michigan University.
Walker is a junior at CMU, working on a journalism major and a political science minor. She has been working at CM-Life since 2024.
Before CMU, she worked as one of the last reporters for Michigan Times, the student-run newspaper at the University of Michigan - Flint. After graduation, Walker wants to pursue a career in political reporting.
Her two favorite destinations in Michigan is Marquette, for her love of Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula and her hometown Flint, Michigan.
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In partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Ferris State University is now developing the state's first dental therapy program to help make dental care more accessible. -
Munson Healthcare announced it will begin the next two phases of drone research this May. A recent report showed the first tests had a 91% success rate after nearly 70 flights. -
The state's most recent Mobility Report shows that Michigan is one of the top states for apprenticeships completed in the mobility sector. -
The nonprofit organization ReLeaf Michigan organized the 2025 Big Tree Hunt. -
The bill removes the gray wolf from the endangered species list, and allows states to make their own decisions on managing wolf populations. -
Bay Mills Community College received the donation from the Mackenzie Scott Foundation. The foundation said the college can use the money however they see fit. -
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine announced its new partnership with Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital in northern Michigan. The partnership will be part of a program to train medical students in rural hospitals. -
![The Cheboygan River Dam's sea lamprey trap can hold up to a thousand lamprey. When sea lamprey are returning to the river to spawn in the spring, the trap needs to be emptied multiple times a day. The blue crane [on the far left] by the dam is used to lift the trap out of the water.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4717d54/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3474x1936+0+249/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F39%2F3c%2F81307d274e889e4b036955cbea28%2Fimg-1299.jpg)
The Dam Risk Reduction Grant Program recently announced its last allocations for projects for 19 dams statewide. -
Across the state, schools saw a higher success rate in passing bonds than in the past two elections. Still, central and northern school districts mostly rejected bond proposals. -
A person was confirmed dead at the Mackinac Bridge by the Mackinac County Sheriff's Office Tuesday. Officials are investigating the incident as a suicide.
![The Cheboygan River Dam's sea lamprey trap can hold up to a thousand lamprey. When sea lamprey are returning to the river to spawn in the spring, the trap needs to be emptied multiple times a day. The blue crane [on the far left] by the dam is used to lift the trap out of the water.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/941e9c9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3474x1936+0+249/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F39%2F3c%2F81307d274e889e4b036955cbea28%2Fimg-1299.jpg)
